Milligan tennis falls to former AAC foe

Bristol, VA. (March 4, 2010) --- The Milligan College men’s and women’s tennis teams battled former AAC conference rival King College Thursday afternoon. The Buffs lost a tough match 0-5 and the Lady Buffs played hard but also fell 1-5.

The Lady Buffs played the No. 1 and 3 doubles matches tightly, as Caitlin Conley (Bristol, Tenn.) and Jessie Rose Remegi (Hilton Head, S.C.) fell by the final of 8-6. In the No. 3 match, Janie Mullins (Greenville, Ala.) and Heather Bell (Franklin, N.C.) also fell 8-6.

In No. 1 singles play, Conley won Milligan’s lone match taking the first set 6-3, and dominating the second set, 6-1 against Sarah Anderson.

On the men’s side, the No. 1 doubles team of Rickey Jones (Elizabethton, Tenn.) and Wesley Rice (Knoxville, Tenn.) competed with the Tornado’s Hiroki Takagi and Juan Avila and fought hard before dropping the match 8-4. In singles play, No. 1 Jones played a close match with Oriol Miriallas, but eventually dropped the match in two sets, 6-3, 6-2.

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